Month: November 2021
ABC Health News
Fauci says US must prepare for omicron variant: ‘Inevitably it will be here’
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (NEW YORK) — While the new omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus has not yet been detected in the United States, it will “inevitably” arrive, Dr. Anthony Fauci [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
New York Giants legend Michael Strahan reflects on family, teammates as sports world celebrates his jersey retirement
Sarah Stier/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — No New York Giant will ever wear Michael Strahan’s famed number 92 again after the team officially retired it from circulation on Sunday. For 15 seasons, Strahan was a [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 11/28/21
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Golden State 105, LA Clippers 90 Milwaukee 118, Indiana 100 Boston 109, Toronto 97 Memphis 128 Sacramento 101 LA Lakers [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Rep. Lauren Boebert refuses to publicly apologize to Rep. Ilhan Omar for anti-Muslim remark
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn, said she had an “unproductive” call with Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., on Monday over her anti-Muslim remarks and claimed the Colorado Republican refused to publicly apologize [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump’s former Defense Secretary Mark Esper sues Defense Department over book redactions
Michael Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, who served under former President Donald Trump until his firing in the wake of the 2020 election, has sued the Department of Defense over [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden to address nation on omicron variant
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — With the COVID-19 omicron variant sending shockwaves around the world, President Joe Biden is set to address the nation surrounding the new variant following a morning [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
As inflation concerns mount, Republicans, Democrats still at odds over Build Back Better plan
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Amy Klobuchar said she’s confident President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan will be passed by Christmas, but Republicans, including Sen. Bill Cassidy, are still [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID-19 live updates: Dr. Ashton believes omicron already circulating in US
Tempura/iStock (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.2 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 776,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins [Read More…]
ABC National News
Dayton gunman fantasized about mass violence for years: FBI report
Nes/iStock (DAYTON, Ohio) — The suspect who carried out a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, on an early August morning in 2019 had an “enduring fascination with mass violence,” the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit concluded [Read More…]
ABC National News
Merriam-Webster chooses ‘vaccine’ as its 2021 word of the year
Tim Boyle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — “The biggest science event of the year quickly became the biggest political debate in our country, and the word at the center of both stories is vaccine,” Peter Sokolowski, [Read More…]
ABC National News
First lady Jill Biden unveils White House holiday decorations
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — First lady Jill Biden unveiled the White House holiday decorations on Monday and announced her theme for the 2021 season as “Gifts from the Heart,” intended to honor those who [Read More…]
ABC National News
New York City reinstates mask advisory ‘at all times’ while indoors ahead of omicron detection
PinkOmelet/iStock (NEW YORK) — Officials in New York City have reinstated the city’s mask advisory while indoors as the omicron variant continues to spread around the globe. City health officials are “strongly recommending” that all [Read More…]
ABC World News
Iran returns to negotiations, with a nuclear crisis still looming large for Biden
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Iran returned to negotiations over its nuclear program on Monday — meeting for the first time in over five months, with the country’s new hard-line government now in control. Its chief [Read More…]
ABC World News
61 people snowed in at English pub are now back home
Facebook/Tan Hill Inn (LONDON) — A British inn and pub officially bid “fond farewell” to 61 guests Monday after a blizzard stranded them for days inside. Located 270 miles north of London, Tan Hill Inn [Read More…]
Ag News
MO Governor trade mission postponed
Missouri Governor Mike Parson’s trade mission to Israel and Greece has been postponed because of Covid related travel restrictions. Parson said he wants to respect the countries’ travel polices and postponing is the best action [Read More…]
Ag News
Still some SD corn to harvest
Corn harvest in South Dakota reached 96% complete as of Sunday. Last year it was 100% harvested. Sorghum harvest, at 95% and Sunflower harvest, at 92% are behind last year. Winter wheat condition is 72% [Read More…]
Ag News
Livestock trucker HOS waiver extended
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has extended the waiver for commercial truckers’ federal Hours of Service regulation to February 28th of next year. The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) thanked the FMCSA, the Biden [Read More…]
Ag News
2021 USDA crop condition reports for Illinois end on good note
The USDA has released their final 2021 crop progress and condition reports and Illinois ended on a good note. As of Sunday, the USDA says 98% of winter wheat planting is complete with 92% of [Read More…]
Ag News
Missouri farmers putting a bow on harvest
Missouri harvest and winter wheat planting are cleaning up the margins as November nears its end. Soybean harvest is slightly behind last year at 95 percent complete. Cotton harvest is 97 percent complete. Winter wheat [Read More…]
News
DWU Cheer and Dance team signs two student-athletes for first-ever competitive team
Dakota Wesleyan head cheer and dance coach Anne Huber signed her first two student-athletes, Sarah Sebert and Olivia Huber, both of Mitchell, to National Letters of Intent (NLI) over the Thanksgiving break, officially kicking off [Read More…]